It is the most comprehensive such study ever conducted: more than 144 million page loads were examined during the analysis. The research covered more than 12 countries, including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The study found that at least one tracker was prowling around 77.4 percent of the tested page loads. With the help of cookie or fingerprinting processes, these trackers tag along as users surf the Web, carefully recording their every move. In the most benign cases, this information is used only for statistical and advertising purposes. As a rule, a number of third-party tracking scripts hang out on popular websites, and they hitch a ride with users as they pass through domains. Ten or more trackers that amass personal data were found on 21.3 percent of the sites(unique domains) analyzed in the study.

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The study also identified the most widely used trackers online. Google and Facebook stood out in particular, here. Google ranks in the top ten of the most widely used trackers based on page loads with five services. Facebook has three. Google Analytics was found on nearly half of all loaded pages (46.4 percent). Facebook Connect was on more than a fifth (21.9 percent).

The story of the deliberate creation of the modern mass-surveillance state includes elements of Google’s surprising, and largely unknown, origin. It is a somewhat different creation story than the one the public has heard, and explains what Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page set out to build, and why.

"But Amazon doesn't carry Google products like Chromecast and Google Home, doesn't make Prime Video available for Google Cast users, and last month stopped selling some of Nest's latest products. Given this lack of reciprocity, we are no longer supporting YouTube on Echo Show and FireTV. We hope we can reach an agreement to resolve these issues soon."

Quartz a révélé que Google suivait l'emplacement d'un utilisateur d'Android à travers les connexions aux antennes téléphoniques. Mais selon le géant de la recherche, cette fonction améliore la vitesse et la performance de la livraison des messages.

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Android phones are tracking your location even if you actively turn off location services, haven't used any apps, and haven't even inserted a carrier SIM card.

Last weekend, in the hours after a deadly Texas church shooting, Google search promoted false reports about the suspect, suggesting that he was a radical communist affiliated with the antifa...

L’ami Gee continue à nous dessiner les frasques des GAFAM et passe un peu de temps, cette fois-ci, à expliquer les danger des appareils connectés qui « écoutent »… une énième raison d’essayer d’organiser une autre société où, peut-être, les humains s’écouteraient entre eux au lieu de se faire volontairement espionner par des boîtes noires.

Un changement de paradigme

European Union states could have lost 5.4 billion euros in tax revenues from Google and Facebook between 2013 and 2015, according to a report of the EU lawmaker responsible for a corporate tax reform that could raise online giants’ tax bill.

A monopoly both in search and advertising, Google, unfortunately, shows that they are not able to resist the misuse of power.

Voici une liste de 176 sociétés et brevets rachetés par Google depuis 2001. Elle est mise à jour constamment afin d’aider à comprendre la stratégie globale de Google. Ces derniers mois Google investit beaucoup dans le cloud et encore le mobile.